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A reader forwarded this invite for an upcoming fundraiser being co-hosted for Assemblyman Steve Katz’s re-election bid by Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Putnam County Executive MaryEllen Odell. The event is being held tomorrow at the Paladin Center in Carmel, which, according to its website, is a “professional and continuing education venue specializing in… More »

I reported this morning about the political fundraising circuit, which named the lobbyists with the lowest handicaps as well as those who, like me, should probably quit for the good of the game. And there are clearly legislators who rise to the occasion out on the links. Not surprisingly, the names of the most avid […] More »

A financial sector that has rebounded nicely from the 2008 crash, the state’s new property and school tax cap, a vibrant system of colleges and universities and other factors combined to put New York in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Top 10 list for “economic growth, productivity and livability.” The Empire State’s 10th place showing […] More »

Two different sources who attended the state Conservative Party’s 50th anniversary gala in New York City last night emailed to say that Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was booed by members of the crowd when he was introduced from the dais. One source estimated between 30 percent and 40 percent of the audience participated in… More »

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has a problem with advancing a bill to decriminalize marijuana in public view, he just told reporters. The Long Island Republican agreed with the essential purpose of the bill, to stop people in New York City carrying small amounts of marijuana from being charged with misdemeanors when they take it […] More »

ICYMI: During an extended CapTon interview last night, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos raised doubts about the expansion of non-Indian run casino gambling in New York, saying the complicated process necessary for a constitutional amendment might not succeed. “If you have Belmont in my district, or neighboring district…people in those communities, they want some sort… More »

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced an agreement on legislation that would “prohibit all telemarketers doing business in New York from delivering prerecorded messages by telephone call to customers without express consent from the recipient.” Mother of mercy, could this be the end of the […] More »

Obviously Gov. Andrew Cuomo was front and center during President Obama’s brief visit to Albany today. Ditto Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings. Both New York electeds – Democrats, like the president – greeted Obama on the tarmac at Albany International Airport. But at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, only Cuomo merited a speaking role More »

Contending that Republicans are conducting a national “war on women,” a group of female Senate Democratic women have sent a letter to Majority Leader Dean Skelos that he can frame and hang next to other recent Dear-Dean letters such as the Democrats’ invitation to their anti-fracking forum. It is possible that the letter is intended […] More »

…Not the former NYC mayor, although once upon a time, he did flirt with a challenge to US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. No, in this case, we’re talking state Senate. And we’re talking Rudy S. Giuliani, the former mayor’s 28-year-old second cousin. The younger Giuliani, a Queens native who works for NYC Council Minority Leader Jimmy More »

In a gesture that might have more to do with irony than bipartisanship, Senate Democrats have invited Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and the rest of his conference to Wednesday’s forum on hydrofracking. Here’s an excerpt from Minority Leader John Sampson’s letter: “The Senate Democratic Conference had called for a legislative hearing, open to the […] More »

In case anyone needed an update from Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Long Island, on where he stands on a Democratic proposal to raise the minimum wage: “There have been no discussions on it. My position hasn’t changed — I believe it’s a job killer,” he said this morning after addressing a gathering of the […] More »

Don’t miss this week’s episode of “New York Now” on WMHT. Highlights include: Matt Ryan of WMHT looks back on a week of special elections and energetic last-minute lobbying at the Capitol. Karen DeWitt of New York State Public Radio talks to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos about what’s still on the table as the […] More »

After mulling the “wonderful opportunity” of challenging Democratic freshman Rep. Kathy Hochul in a new, +7 Republican district in WNY, GOP Sen. Patrick Gallivan has decided to seek re-election instead. News of Gallivan’s decision was initially reported PoliticsNY.net. In a subsequent interview, Gallivan told me he came to the decision today and started calling friends More »

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